webMethods

Integration Server and Broker

INTEGRATE YOUR SYSTEMS FASTER WITH OUR LEADING ESB
Get all your systems talking with

You can service-enable any technology from

webMethods. Software AGs Enterprise

any vendor. That means you can extend

Service Bus (ESB), webMethods Integration

existing IT assets and innovate quickly and

Server, is the enterprise-class foundation

cost effectively to meet new business needs.

for service-based integration of applica-

Plus, because webMethods Integration Server

tions and Web services. webMethods

is at the core of the webMethods suite, you

Broker assures reliable delivery of any

can build on your investment by adding BPM

volume of messages across webMethods

and SOA governance toolsall of which are

Integration Server.

designed to work together.

Break free from the costly constraints of

Whether you need to integrate internal

point-to-point integrations. Put the constraints

applications, trading partners, mainframes or

of dealing with siloed systems behind you.

messaging or are developing your SOA, youll

Easily integrate your disconnected IT assets to

find that webMethods offers you the most

streamline information exchange by using

mature, comprehensive and easy-to-use

Software AGs award-winning ESB.

integration platform to harness the value of

current IT systems.

This standards-based integration platform is

the foundation of your SOA and the most
complete application integration infrastructure
available. It speaks any technology so all of
your Web services, JMS messaging, packaged
and custom apps and legacy systemsjust
about anything you might use to run your

Fact Sheet

businesscan communicate efficiently.

QUICKLY CONNECT ANY SYSTEM

WITH WEBMETHODS:
webMethods Integration ServerThe
foundation of the webMethods suite,
providing an enterprise-class, standardsbased platform for your SOA.
webMethods BrokerA reliable,
high-performance backbone for
messaging between your applications.
Use Broker to execute real-time,
message-oriented interactions in your
event-driven architecture.
webMethods AdaptersSoftware that
lets you plug data sources and existing
apps, including SAP, Oracle and
Salesforce.com, into webMethods
Integration Server. No coding required!

FEATURES

Multi-lingual service creation

Software AG uses Eclipse as a development

tool across all of our products. Product specific

Comprehensive service enablement

Your applications are written in different

plug-ins, as well as a common set of shared

languages, and your business infrastructures

plug-ins, assure interoperability across the

Youve spent years developing applications to

comprised of different technologies. Thats

webMethods suite.

meet the needs of your business. Now you

okay with webMethods Integration Server.

can use these applications in new ways.

You can create and implement services in just

Youll find our design tool includes everything

webMethods Integration Server service-

about any language or technology. Use Java,

your application developers need to quickly

enables your existing investments and

C/C++, XSLT, J2EE , .NET, BPEL or our built-in

orchestrate services, including libraries of

resources, including packaged applications,

language, Flow, as well as our adapters to

built-in functions and visual debugging for

databases, mainframes and more. Unlock

connect industry-specific formats. Your

faster development.

business data and logic from these systems

services will interoperate seamlessly because

and re-use it in new business processes and

Integration Server removes how the service is

services. Quickly, reliably and securely,

implemented from how its invoked.

Integration Server connects your existing

systems using either open standards or

webMethods Integration Server makes sure

Support for any integration pattern

native APIs.
High-speed messaging

Mapping, transformation & enrichment

that information from one system can be

used by another. It does this through mapping,

Integrate in a number of ways with

transformation and enrichment features that

webMethods Integration Server. You can

get information into the right format.

support on-demand, scheduled or eventwebMethods Broker is a reliable, high-perfor-

driven interactions. Clicking a button on a Web

Our graphical mapping tools allow developers

mance backbone for messaging between your

form, scheduling a nightly batch transfer,

to point and click to show how information in

applications. Use webMethods Broker in your

updating a packaged applicationany of

one system relates to another. Our transfor-

event-driven architecture to execute real-time,

these events can trigger the start of some-

mation tools, which include an extensive

message-oriented interactions in support of

thing inside webMethods Integration Server.

key applications. Supporting the Java

library of built-in tools and the ability to

create custom transformers, enable data to be

Message Service (JMS) standard, webMethods

Specifically, webMethods Integration Server

manipulated from one system to another.

Broker manages message routing between

can be called from HTTP(S), FTP(S), SOAP, JMS,

Enrichment tools allow information to be

applications. It also takes care of the essential

Scheduler, SMTP, BPM Event, Java Client C/C++

added as data travels across your SOA.

queuing, storage and filtering functions you

Client, .NET Client, Adapter or Flow.

need for mission-critical inter-application

integration and complex event processing.

webMethods Integration Server can parse and

Easy-to-use design tool

transform all formats, including XML, EDI and

flat files, or translate and map to and from all

Open, standards-based integration

webMethods Integration Server uses a unified

document formats. This capability protects

Eclipse-based, graphical development

your investments in existing systems by

The entire webMethods suite is designed to

environment for designing, developing and

re-using maps and business logic.

be standards-based to the core. Because it

orchestrating services. Using this elegant tool,

supports all kinds of standards, you can

developers simply drag and drop services on

integrate a variety of systems, secure data,

a canvas to begin the integration process.

encode data and communicate more easily

with other standards-compliant systems
across your enterprise.

Security & authentication

Vertical scalability

Support for large development teams

webMethods Integration Server offers many

You can scale webMethods Integration Server

webMethods Integration Server enables

ways to ensure your security and authentica-

vertically to maximize the performance of the

large-team and large-scale parallel develop-

tion controls are integrated and enforced in

software on individual servers. Aside from disk

ment with integrated version control system

your SOA. Count on support for the most

space and available memory, webMethods

services. Organizations can share code across

frequently used security standards, including

Integration Server has no constraints so it can

groups facilitating global projects. Locking and

SSL/TLS for securing the HTTP and JMS

process a message of any size. You can adapt

unlocking features prevent over-writing to

transports, and WS-Security for securing

webMethods Integration Servers handling of

namespace elements. You can partition areas

messages. The ESB also supports options to

large messages so queuing and persistence

of development within packages and folder

encrypt and digitally sign messages as well as

methods as well as run-time components

levels using development-time ACLs as well

support for different authentication tokens.

deliver optimal performance and scale to

as create a full audit trail to see who changed

webMethods Integration Server also inte-

maximize the use of your hardware.

what and when.

Horizontal scalability

Dependency management

secure as it travels through and across

You can also scale webMethods Integration

Users can perform what-if scenarios as well

your ESB.

Server horizontally by deploying additional

as add and delete integration logicwithout

platform nodes and configuring them to be

breaking entire sets of logicto determine

load balanced. Load-balancing mechanisms

how services will behave differently.

grates with your existing LDAP directory

servers and Microsoft Active Directory. All
these mechanisms help ensure your data is

are part of the Software AG clustering

architecture, so messaging load can be
distributed across multiple physical machines.
The clustering feature supports load balancing
and automatic fail-over.

webMethods Integration Server

Databases
D t b
& Files

CCustom
t
&
Packaged
Applications

B2B Trading
Partners

M i f
Mainframe
& Legacy
Systems

Cloud-based
Cl d b
d
Applications

Use webMethods Integration Server to get all your systems to communicate, internally and with your trading partners. With the
ESB, you can create servicesfasterand expose existing functionality as needed in new processes to run your business.

KEY BENEFITS
Get all your systems talking to improve communication across the business and with
your trading partners. Create and implement services in any language or technology.
Innovate faster for the business. The ESB exposes business logic as re-usable building
blocks for faster service creation.
Save time with a single Eclipse-based development tool. Map data from different
systems with a simple click. No coding required.

BUILD YOUR SOA ON WEBMETHODS

Integration Server
webMethods Integration Server is built on
10-plus years of integrating applications for
well-known organizations around the world.
It uniquely provides proven support for all of
your application integration needs.
Use webMethods Integration Server to

Support any integration patternon-demand, scheduled and event-driven

interactions.
Build on your existing IT investments. Re-use existing software investments by
exposing those assets as business services.
Reduce integration time and costs. Use the flexible ESB instead of point-to-point
integrations that are brittle and costly to maintain.

rapidly integrate systems and improve

collaboration across your enterprise and
with trading partners. Youll be able to
handle new standards and interoperability
requirements, efficiently manage business
processes and keep up with ever-changing
business demands.

Guarantee information delivery across your enterprise. Count on end-to-end transactional data integrity, security and reliability.

Software AG Government Solutions provides

best-in-class software solutions for integration,
service-oriented architecture, big data and
business process management. Our core products are webMethods, ARIS and Terracotta.
The companys highly trained team takes a
special forces approach to solving complex IT
challenges quickly and efficiently for the federal government and its supplier communities.
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Software AG USA with more than 30 years of
experience with the federal government.
Learn more at www.softwareag-gov.com.
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